Slain MIT Officer Sean Collier laid to rest

Richard Corapi of Wakefield held a flag as MIT police officers marched down Central Street following MIT officer Sean Collier’s funeral. Collier was allegedly shot and killed by Dzhokhar and Tamerlan Tsarnaev on April 18.
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The slain’s officer’s casket was watched over by an honor guard from the two police departments where he once worked.

Pictured: MIT police officers marched as they left St. Patrick's Church in Stoneham, following a funeral Mass for MIT police officer Sean Collier.
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Collier, 27, was attacked near Kendall Square in Cambridge in what Boston Police Commissioner Edward Davis has called a “vicious assassination.”

Pictured: A tribute honoring Collier was seen on a window of a truck that belonged to him.
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Since his death, Collier’s family and friends have described a man who seemed destined to be a police officer, someone who had helped others since his childhood years in Wilmington, where he grew up with five siblings.
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The hearse carrying Collier’s casket arrived with an escort of police officers from around the region.

In the lead were officers from the Somerville police where Collier worked as a civilian but was planning to return as an officer, and the MIT police, where he had worked since last year.

Pictured: Collier’s truck was part of the funeral procession.

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Before noon, the hearse carrying Collier’s body left the church led by the officer’s new black Ford F-150 truck that he bought two months ago.
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At the request of Collier’s family, the service was closed to the press.
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Mourners hugged as they departed St. Patrick's Church in Stoneham.
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Cardinal Sean O'Malley left St. Patrick's Church following the funeral for MIT Police Officer Sean Collier in Stoneham.
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The personal vehicle of officer Collier was draped with bunting as it led the hearse carrying his casket past St. Patrick's Church following his funeral.
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